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Year 4 Trip to Clevedon

On Friday 20th June Year 4 went to Clevedon. At the start of the trip, we went to Ladye Bay. It was high tide. Ladye was a beach made from different rocks, we could choose a stone to keep, we could choose red, yellow or grey. They were all different shapes and sizes. There were smooth ones and some were jagged and rough. I chose a red, smooth oval shaped one. It took a while to choose. All the while, you could smell the sea air and hear the gulls screeching above. The sea was calm. When I got near the water, the sea lapped onto my feet. It was cold and tickled my toes.

Annabel Robinson

I stumbled first onto Ladye Bay. Automatically I could feel beauty surrounding me. I could hear the pebbles rattling and rubbing against each other. If you touched the cliff's surface you could feel the difference between the rocks. I picked up two fabulous stones and tested which would be the perfect throwing stone. I decide the brown chestnut one would be brilliant. I ran, I launched and splat! My pebble went plummeting down and was lost at sea. The other stone was glittering and glistening in the sun light. I was going to keep this one!

Hattie Whittaker

It was Friday after choir and I got on the coach next to Barnaby. I was excited and couldn't wait. Eventually we got there and had a three minute walk down to Lady Bay. We had to chose a limestone or sandstone rock. I picked a red rock and put it in my right pocket. We had two chances to throw a rock into the sea and the second time I threw the furthest. After that we had a twelve minute romp! On the way back, I could see the bay, a headland and a stack, but not a stump.

Fin Trenouth

On our trip we raced down the M5 and skidded to a halt in Clevedon. We had a walk down to the bay and were allowed to keep one pebble. My one had quartz in it. Then we had a stone throwing competition. 1, 2, 3, Throw! All the stones hit the surface of the water, some hitting a tyre which was bobbing about.

Oliver Hubbard

Afterwards we went to the pier. The pier was built in 1869 but it collapsed and had to be rebuilt in 1970. there were loads of names on the floor and at the end of the pier there was a balcony that was supposed to be an ice cream parlour. We also got a picture of us waving down from the balcony.

Jason

It was a miracle when we trooped off the coach and found it was a sunny day. Rain had been forecast. As we staggered up the Pier, I noticed waves forming a whirlpool travelling round the Pier legs. I looked up and saw five coastal landforms. There was a bay, headland, stack, stump and cave. I was relieved to find the biscuits being handed out - I wouldn’t have survived! The highlight of the day was singing our favourite songs (Rock You and Lollipop) on the way back. It was fun.

Matthew Welsh

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